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Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles (right) and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (left) examine the Rainfall Recorder that has been installed at the Cave Valley Health Centre in Hanover. Others (from second left) are: Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock and Hydrologist, Michael Wilson (second right). Occasion was the commissioning and handing over ceremony for Climate Data Equipment in the Royal Palm Reserve in the Negril area, on September 25.
Minister of State in the Ministry of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Ian Hayles (right) and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Ambassador Paola Amadei (left) examine the Rainfall Recorder that has been installed at the Cave Valley Health Centre in Hanover. Others (from second left) are: Director General of the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ), Colin Bullock and Hydrologist, Michael Wilson (second right). Occasion was the commissioning and handing over ceremony for Climate Data Equipment in the Royal Palm Reserve in the Negril area, on September 25.

Equipment Installed in the West to Boost Climate Change Project

An automatic weather station and rainfall gauge has been commissioned into service at the Royal Palm Reserve in Sheffield, Negril and the Cave Valley Health Centre in Hanover, respectively, at a cost of approximately $1 million. They are aimed at...
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), raises a point while addressing a ceremony to launch Engineers
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill (right), raises a point while addressing a ceremony to launch Engineers' Week at his offices in Kingston recently. Listening (from left) are: Past President of the Jamaica Institution of Engineers (JIE), Omar Sweeney; and President Elect of the Institution, Dr. Noel Brown. Engineer’s Week will be observed from September 22 to 29.

Government Forges Closer Collaboration With Engineers
Environmental Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Monique Curtis (left), discusses the activities for International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) 2013, at a Think Tank held on September 17 at the Half-Way-Tree Road head offices of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). Listening keenly is Environmental Coordinator at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Danae Vaccianna (right). ICCD will be observed on Saturday (September 21), under the theme: ‘Trash Free Seas’.
Environmental Officer at the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Monique Curtis (left), discusses the activities for International Coastal Clean-up Day (ICCD) 2013, at a Think Tank held on September 17 at the Half-Way-Tree Road head offices of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS). Listening keenly is Environmental Coordinator at the Urban Development Corporation (UDC), Danae Vaccianna (right). ICCD will be observed on Saturday (September 21), under the theme: ‘Trash Free Seas’.

Beach Clean-Up Day to Highlight Issue of Improper Garbage Disposal
Environmental Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Monique Curtis, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on September 17, at the agency’s head office on Half-Way-Tree Road, Kingston.
Environmental Officer of the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), Monique Curtis, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank held on September 17, at the agency’s head office on Half-Way-Tree Road, Kingston.

Jamaicans Warned Against Capturing and Eating Crocodiles
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, gives the thumbs up after breaking ground for the Lucea Pipeline Replacement and Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Project at the Elgin Town Project Site near Lucea in Hanover on September 12.
Minister of Water, Land, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, gives the thumbs up after breaking ground for the Lucea Pipeline Replacement and Non-Revenue Water (NRW) Reduction Project at the Elgin Town Project Site near Lucea in Hanover on September 12.

Ground Broken For US$12.6 Million Lucea Pipeline Replacement Project

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